Question 7 of 7
Part A
Ben drew a square with a perimeter of 36 cm. The length of each side is
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cm.
Part B
The equation used to solve this problem is:
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Part A
To find the length of each side of the square, we need to divide the perimeter by the number of sides in a square (4).
36 cm ÷ 4 = 9 cm
Part B
The equation used to solve this problem is:
Perimeter ÷ Number of sides = Length of one side
Part A:
To determine the length of each side of the square, we need to divide its perimeter by the number of sides (since all sides of a square are equal in length).
The formula for the perimeter of a square is:
Perimeter = 4 × Side length
Given that the perimeter is 36 cm, we can substitute it into the formula and solve for the side length:
36 cm = 4 × Side length
To solve for the side length, divide both sides of the equation by 4:
36 cm / 4 = Side length
So, the length of each side of the square is 9 cm.
Part B:
To solve the problem, we used the equation:
Perimeter = 4 × Side length
Which can also be written as:
Perimeter ÷ 4 = Side length
In this case, the values substituted were:
36 cm ÷ 4 = 9 cm
So, the equation used to solve this problem can be expressed as:
36 cm ÷ 4 = 9 cm
Part A:
To find the length of each side of the square, we can use the formula for the perimeter of a square, which is 4 times the length of one side.
Let's say the length of each side is "x cm".
So the perimeter of the square is 4x cm.
We are given that the perimeter is 36 cm, so we can set up the equation:
4x = 36
To solve for x, divide both sides of the equation by 4:
x = 36 ÷ 4
Simplifying, we get:
x = 9
Therefore, the length of each side of the square is 9 cm.
Part B:
The equation used to solve this problem is:
Perimeter of the square = 4 times the length of one side
Symbolically, it can be represented as:
Perimeter = 4 * Side Length
In this case, the perimeter is 36 cm, so the equation becomes:
36 = 4 * Side Length
Therefore, the equation used to solve this problem is:
36 ÷ 4 = Side Length